| Normchacho said: DNA isn't helping free these people. More than a third of them are already dead due to prosecutors overstating the importance of forensic evidence. DNA put them where they are now. There is a huge diffeence between a recognized execution of an innocent person and the actual execution of an innocent person. http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/apr/28/death-penalty-study-4-percent-defendants-innocent “If you look at the numbers in our study, at how many errors are made, then you cannot believe that we haven’t executed any innocent person – that would be wishful thinking.”
As I said before though, there is no acceptable margin of error for executions. Especially when there isn't a societal benefit to the executions in the first place. |
FBI corruption put them in there - not the death penalty, and corruption needs to be punished (it isn't currently). There are a ton of false rape accusations should we quit taking rape accusations seriously? No. It's t he liars that are the problem.
And hair samples aren't DNA evidence - they are extremely flawed evidence and I do think it's stupid how people can get convicted based on that. Which is why I think we need death penalty reform.
And there are many societal benefits for executions. Why do you care so much what happens to some murderer anyway? I think we should not only be for the death penalty; we should be OBLIGATED to be for it. We should be happy when someone who made the world shittier finally goes. My sympathy is reserved 100% for the victims. What if your mother was a victim? Your best friend? It disgusts me how much people are for these murderer's lives.
